The Best of Long and Slow

List creator: Argon Created on: May 20, 2005 - 12:12 PM PDT Description: The best long, slow movies ever. Well, not necessarily slow to some people.

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	movie title	related list	average rating	MPAA rating	watch	rent	buy
	Fanny & Alexander: Television Version (Episodes 1 & 2) (Criterion Collection) (1982)
This is my favorite movie ever. Rich and intricate, it's like a painting that moves. The Ultimate!
	Fanny & Alexander: Television Version (Episodes 3 & 4) (Criterion Collection) (1982)
See above.
	2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The original epic space movie.
	Solaris (Criterion Collection) (1972)
Andrei Tarkovsky's answer to Kubrick's 2001. Unusual things happen on a space outpost, and Chris Kelvin must leave Earth to find out why. I love the old and rustic feel of this futuristic Earth.
	Stalker (1979)			Not Rated
Another Tarkovsky sci-fi. A meteor lands on Earth, creating a strange force field called The Zone. Your wildest dreams can come true if you go there, but you need a guide: the Stalker.
	Stalker (Bonus Disc) (1979)			Not Rated
See above.
	The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1978)
This movie takes a documentary-like snapshot of the lives of peasants in Italy at the beginning of the 20th century. Like Fanny and Alexander, this movie was released for television.
	Andrei Rublev (Criterion Collection) (1966)
The life and times of a medieval painter, featuring a hot air balloon, an enchanting pagan ritual, and the casting of a church bell by a young boy.
	Apocalypse Now (1979)
The original epic Vietnam war movie.
	The Deer Hunter (1978)
I love the ambience of this film, especially in the wedding scene. And the scene in the bar, with all the men singing...unforgettable.
	Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Beautiful, magical, and tragic.
	Dersu Uzala (1975)
Kurosawa film about a relationship that develops between a Russian government surveyor in Siberia and an old native man who becomes his guide.